Talks revive on building English Channel tunnel

September 29, 1981

By With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World

Edited by Clara Germani

Paris

British and French transport officials began talks on building a tunnel under the English Channel following agreement to revive the project. Monday's talks were the first serious in-depth intergovernment discussion on a fixed link between Britain and France in six years, French officials said. Eight plans are to be discussed during the series of talks, ranging from a single-bore rail tunnel to a plan to carry both rail and road traffic.

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